If it is a native wildflower it must be good? Not always. The White Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa), commonly known as the Pink Evening Primrose or Pink Ladies, is a low-growing herbaceous, ...

Driving through East Spencer the other day I noticed a profusely pink flowering pink plant on the side of the road that closely resembled pink flowering petunias. Further up the street the flowers ...

Q: My son gave me a plant called evening primrose this past spring. He got it from a neighbor. It blooms yellow over about 6 weeks, but each flower only lasts one evening and then dies. Hummingbird ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. The bright yellow flowers of the evening primrose ...

Today, you meet several nice native plants, all in the evening primrose family, as well as the not-so-nice invasive yellow flag iris. You also meet the beneficial insects known as the charming sphinx ...

Q. My friends told me about a plant in his garden with yellow flowers that close very suddenly at the end of the day. They keep a few of the plants to amaze visitors to their garden. Can you tell me ...

Q: Today I spoke with two lovely ladies at the Oro Valley Farmers market. I asked about this flower that grows wild in my yard. When I first saw it I thought it was a form of dandelion, but it has a ...

-- Dear Harvey: I have seen this pink flowering plant everywhere. Is it a weed or a wildflower and can I grow it in my own garden? Thank you. – Bonnie S. I love the question is it a “weed or a ...

Q: I am writing for advice. I live in a rural, farming area in the North-East corner of our state near Jonesboro. Last summer I dug some evening primrose and black-eyed Susans from ditches in the area ...

Driving along Texas roads in the spring can be classified as nothing short of extraordinary as the roadsides are adorned with wildflowers that have splashes of color ranging from blue to pink to ...